Jennifer Lopez.
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George H. Smith “It is my firm conviction that man has nothing to gain,
emotionally or otherwise, by adhering to a falsehood, regardless of how
comfortable or sacred that falsehood may appear. Anyone who claims, on
the one hand, that he is concerned with human welfare, and who demands,
on the other hand, that man must suspend or renounce the use of his
reason, is contradicting himself. There can be no knowledge of what is
good for man apart from knowledge of reality and human nature, and there
is no manner in which this knowledge can be acquired except through
reason. To advocate irrationality is to advocate that which is
destructive to human life.” ― George H. Smith, Atheism: The Case Against God
On 1/22/2021 5:34 PM, Miriam Vieni wrote:
Who sang it?
Miriam
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Abby Vincent
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2021 5:10 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: the innauguration
You missed a really great performance of this land is your land.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 21, 2021, at 10:34 AM, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I listened to the poem which, I think, was probably excellent. My problem is
that I don't really do well with most poetry. I also listened to Richard Wolff
on The Socialist Program Podcast episode for last night. I'd tried to
understand that very complicated economic article by Jack Rasmus which I posted
yesterday, with little success. But I did understand Wolff who said that if
Biden doesn't do something for working people like FDR did when he was elected,
there'll be no economic recovery and we'll most likely have a Fascist elected
in response in 2024. Well, he didn't say that exactly about 2024, but that's
what he was intimating. Biden's secretary of state is supporting Juan Guido in
Venezuela, saying he is the lawful president of the country. Biden is not
abolishing student loans, just reducing some of them slightly. I heard a
detailed review of all these presidential edicts that are supposed to be so
wonderful. Guess what? They're not. Most of it is just as awful as I thought it
would be. And why are all these people saying that this is our great
opportunity to move Biden to the left? He was elected without giving an inch to
the left wing of the Democratic Party. Why do they think that now, suddenly,
they have power?
Miriam
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2021 9:32 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: the innauguration
Agreed. These "cookie cutter" speeches are part of all elections.
They are presented for future generations, like FDR's Fireside chats.
It's rare that we are presented a speech that stands head and shoulders above us all.
The few clips I listened to were mediocre at best. I even tried listening to the reading
of the "official poem" by the youngest poet ever to present at an inauguration.
I got about halfway through it. It's time we all began to write our elected officials
and tell them that now that all the Pomp and Ceremonies are done and done, it is time for
action. And we need to spell out the sorts of actions we mean. Otherwise we are staring
at another block of years that merely mimick the Clinton and Obama years.
This election serves as a warning. If our American Corporate
Empire(ACE) does not open its purse strings and provide some real gains for the
Working Class, the next presidential election might well be our last.
Carl Jarvis
On 1/20/21, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I haven't watched the ceremony. I never do, nor do I watch
presidential debates. It's all theater and pageantry as far as I'm
concerned, just propaganda to keep the masses in line. But one of my
Washington Post headlines tells me that in his speech, Biden pleads for
national unity.
Here
we go again. Is he out of his mind? All that talk about unity and
bipartisanship by Obama helped get us here. It would be nice if these
politicians would be honest for a change and call out the people who
are causing conflict. I don't want to see new terrorism laws as Biden
has already promised, but it would have been nice if they'd used the
laws and procedures that already exist against white people for a
change. If I were younger, perhaps I would be as optimistic as some
of those young leftists who keep writing about how now we have an
opportunity to move Biden to the left.
Miriam
